Specialisation weighting in task selection #69

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opened 2026-09-07 20:37:20 +01:00 by liamjd · 0 comments

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Part of milestone #5. Depends on #67.

Pawns prioritise tasks for which they are specialised: haulers haul more than builders do, but a builder will still haul if nothing else is workable.

Design:

required_role on Task (an enum such as NONE, BUILDER, HAULER; extend as task types arrive)
role on the pawn record (see the pawn roles issue in this milestone)
Selection in next_for(pawn) prefers tasks matching the pawn's role, then falls back to any workable task. Whether that is a strict tier before priority or a weighted score is the design decision here; write down which and why in the PR

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Unit tests: a hauler offered a builder task and a hauler task of equal priority takes the hauler task; with only a builder task available, it takes that; a much higher priority mismatched task versus a low priority matched task behaves per the documented rule

Part of milestone #5. Depends on #67. Pawns prioritise tasks for which they are specialised: haulers haul more than builders do, but a builder will still haul if nothing else is workable. Design: - `required_role` on `Task` (an enum such as NONE, BUILDER, HAULER; extend as task types arrive) - `role` on the pawn record (see the pawn roles issue in this milestone) - Selection in `next_for(pawn)` prefers tasks matching the pawn's role, then falls back to any workable task. Whether that is a strict tier before priority or a weighted score is the design decision here; write down which and why in the PR AC: - Unit tests: a hauler offered a builder task and a hauler task of equal priority takes the hauler task; with only a builder task available, it takes that; a much higher priority mismatched task versus a low priority matched task behaves per the documented rule

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Pawn roles on the pawn record #74

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